Valve-assembly remover.



H. C. MURRAY.

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To all 'whom it may concern.' r

Be it known that I, RAY C. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marquettein the county of Marquette and State of Michigan, have'invented new and useful Improvements in Valve-AssemblyI Removers, of which the following is a specication.

This invention relates to improvements inV valve assembly removers, .the object being to provide an improved device of novel construction which is particularly adapted for the valve assemblies of engines of the va ve in the head ty e and such as are used in the Buick automo ile, as well as other engines in which the valve assembly is removable andin which the valve as sembly consists of the valve, the valve cage, the valve closing spring, and other parts intimately associated therewith.

The invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a vertical central sectional view of a valve` assembly remover con structed and arranged in accordance with my invention and showing thesame in initial applied position on one of the cylinders of an internal combustion engine.

Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly in section of the same,.in a plied position and in the act of removingt e valve assembly.

Fig. 3 is a detailed side elevation of the valve assembly remover.

Fig. 4\is an inverted plan of the same.

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the same on the plane indicated by the line 5--5 of Fig.. 3.

j. Fig. 6 is a top plan View ofthe same.

or the purposes ofthis specification and -to illustrate the operation of my improved valve assembly remover I4 show in Figs. 1

'and 2 of the drawings aportion of an engine cylinder at 1 and one of the cages of a valve assembly at 2, said cage being provided with the'usual ports 3 and 4, the latter Iort communicating directly with the combustion chamber 5 of the cylinder and which 4is controlled bythe inlet or exhaust valve as the casemay be. The valve cage is 4shown as seated in .an opening 7 in the cylinder head inFig. 1 and as in the act of being removed therefrom in Fig. 2. The stem 8 of the Vvalve extends through the valve cage nndfprojects beyond .the same and is'lonf Specification of Letters Patent. Application nled April 11, 1917. Serial No. 161,255.

. through openings by such movement Patented Jaa; 15, 19,18.

gitudinally movable in atubular guide extension 9 of the valve cage. The usual valveV closing spring is indicated'at 1Q, one end of the spring bearing on the^cp11 which is adjacent to the valve cage andthe other end of th spring bearing under a cupped washer or cap 12 which is held inplace on the valve stem 8 by a pin or key 13.

In the embodiment of my invention I rovide a standard 14 which is adapted to ear at its lower end directly on the engine cylinder head and around the opening 7. The

standard is provided in opposite sides with vertical slots 15, 16. A cap 17 is screwed to and covers the upper end of the standard and is provided with a central 'unthreaded opening 18.

I also provide a. jack screw 19 which is movable vertically through the opening 18 and which is bifurcated at its lower endl to form a pair of-cross sectionally segmental jaws 20 which are provided on their inner sides near their' lower ends with recesses 21 to receive opposite sides of the cupped ca 12 and are formed at their lower ends wit inwardly turned flanges 22 to engage un der said cupped cap. A nut 23 is screwed on the jack screw and bears on the cap 17. A transversely arranged bolt 24 passes 25 in the jaws 2O and has a squared head 26 at one end which engages and is movable in the slot 15. A thumb nut 27 is screwed on the bolt 24 and has a cylindrical extension 28 which passes through and is movable and revoluble in the slot 26 and bears against the outer side of one of the jaws 20, the head 26 bearingvl against the outer side of the opposite jaw. A spring 28" is placed around the belt 24 and between the jaws 20 and bears at its ends against the inner sides of said jaws and serves when the nut 27 is loosened, to expand the jaws as will be understood.

To use my improved valve assembl re-,

mover the latter is arranged With'tli'e" ower end of its standard 14 on the cylinder head around the opening 7 and the jack screw is loweredby loosening the nut 23. The lowerl are engaged with the` cupped cap of the valve assembly by tight-r ends ,of the jaws enmg the thumb screw y27 and the nut 23h; then turned by means of a wrenchfin the required direction to draw the jack Vscrew upwardly, the valve assembly bein with;- drawn and removed from thecylndgr head of the jack screw and lwithout-injury to any part of the valve assembly.' It wil1 be'understood that'a direct pull obtained on the valve assemhly in line with 'the axis of the valve stem'and hence the valve assembl is readily removed and Without danger o injury thereto.

While I have herein shown and described a preferred form of my invention I would have it 'understood J that changes may be made in the form, proportion and construction of the several parts, without departing from the spirit of my invention and Within the scope of the appended claim.

Havlng thus described my invention, I claim The herein described valve assembly -remover comprising a tubular standard arranged to fit at its lower end on a cylinder head and around a valve cage, said stand# ard having vertical slots ino Jposite sides; s'. cap screwed on the upper en of the standard and having an unthreadvd Central opening, a jack Screw extending through said opening of the cap and having jaws at its lower end, said jaws being provided on their inner sides with. flanges to bear under a cupped Cap, a bolt extending through said jaws and having u non-Circular head al'. one end bearing against the outer side of one of the jaws and arranged for movement'inone of the slots of the standard, a nut on said holt.bearing-against the other jaw and having a circular portion arranged in the other slot of the standard, a spring on the-bolt and arranged between and bearing against; the jaws to disel'lgage the jaws from the cupped cap when the nut on the bolt is screwed, and a nut on the upper portion of the jack screw and bearing on the cap.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signatnre.

RAY e. MURRAY. 

